London & South-East

Laws & Smith are top team at Cippenham

Another maximum entry was received for the 13th running of the Cippenham Team 2-Star Open on Sunday. In fact, the tournament was once again over-subscribed and many potential entries had to be refused.

January 7, 2019 | Paul Stimpson
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Bardsley leads East Midlands 4* roll of honour

Top seed Charlotte Bardsley duly won the Junior Girls' Singles at the East Midlands 4*, the first big Junior event of 2019, at Westfields TTC in Wellingborough.

January 7, 2019 | Paul Stimpson
London & South-East

Braintree League: Still all to play for

Braintree Table Tennis League resumes after its Christmas and new year break in the rare position of having wide-open title possibilities in all three divisions.

January 7, 2019 | Paul Stimpson
London & South-East

Clacton & District: Busy times ahead

It’s going to be a busy few months for the Clacton & District League, starting with the Handicapped Singles Tournament on Saturday 2nd February at Windsor’s St James Hall venue.

January 7, 2019 | Paul Stimpson
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Bath Grand Prix draw released

The draw for the Bath Grand Prix on January 12 & 13 has been released.

January 4, 2019 | Paul Stimpson
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Friday Photos 102: A Soham selection

I have been scanning some more photos from the Jose and Alan Ransome collection over the festive break and this week there is a collection of images from Soham, some of which are from the National League Cup.

January 4, 2019 | Paul Stimpson
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The ITTF’s best rallies of 2018

Watch the most spectacular points from the ITTF's calendar of events in 2018.

January 3, 2019 | Paul Stimpson
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Birthday milestone for Colin Clemett

Ian Marshall of the ITTF honours Colin Clemett, who for 58 years was Secretary of the Technical Officials Committee, as he reaches his 90th birthday milestone.

January 3, 2019 | Paul Stimpson
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Businesses invited to support their local community

Table Tennis England is inviting businesses to make a positive contribution to their local area by donating a Ping in the Community table tennis package... Continue reading

January 3, 2019 | Paul Stimpson
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ELCC entries are now open

It is time for local leagues to get their entries in for the oldest domestic competitions in English table tennis, the English Leagues Cup Competitions (ELCC).

January 3, 2019 | Paul Stimpson
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Teams ready to get in the zone

Hundreds of youngsters are preparing to do battle at the Butterfly School Team Championships Zone Finals.

January 2, 2019 | Paul Stimpson
London & South-East

Clacton & District: Panthers on course to retain title

With the second half of the Clacton & District League season resuming shortly, there are still plenty of issues to be settled.

January 2, 2019 | Paul Stimpson
London & South-East

Chelmsford & District: OCs into top flight

With the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League season having reached its halfway stage the 12 first division teams will now form two mini divisions and the teams will be looking forward to hearing who their fixtures are for the second half of the season.

January 2, 2019 | Paul Stimpson
London & South-East

Braintree League: Felsted cause major upset

The bottom team beating the top team may happen occasionally in football or cricket, but in the more individual sport of table tennis examples are as rare as a clean-shaven Santa Claus.

January 2, 2019 | Paul Stimpson
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Golden glow, plus Liam’s top-20 breakthrough

Part two of our review of the year looks at the biggest stories of 2018, including Commonwealth Games gold.

December 28, 2018 | Paul Stimpson
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When the Box rocked to the world’s best

Part one of our review of the year looks back at the ITTF Team World Cup at London's Copper Box Arena.

December 27, 2018 | Paul Stimpson
England Leopards

Pitchford determined to build on stellar year

By any standards, it’s fair to say Liam Pitchford has had a sensational year, starting with Team World Cup bronze and ending with smashing into the world’s top 20, via Commonwealth Games gold and a string of victories over the world’s best players.

December 24, 2018 | Paul Stimpson
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Two semi-finals for Maria at US Open

Maria Tsaptsinos reached the Under-21 Women's Singles semi-finals at the US Open, and teamed up with Tin-Tin Ho to reach the Women's Doubles last four.

December 23, 2018 | Paul Stimpson
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Jersey Grand Prix entries open

Entries are now open to the popular three-day Jersey Grand Prix held over the Easter weekend.

December 21, 2018 | Paul Stimpson
London & South-East

Chernett chuffed with first gold medal

Just 18 players took part in the Jarvis Sports Horsham Spinners Veterans and Senior 1 Star Ratings tournament on 8th December at the home of... Continue reading

December 21, 2018 | Paul Stimpson